Quotes About Wisdom

Good and evil are silly lies, nonsense put forth to plague honest sensible men.

He has an old man's caution and a young man's ambition, and has never lacked for cunning.

What fools we were, who thought ourselves so wise!

he'd told her that young girls were always happiest with older men. Innocence and experience make for a perfect marriage.

Her father said there was no shame in being afraid, only in showing your fear. "All men live with fear," he said.

Knowledge could be more valuable than gold, more deadly than a dagger.

The godswife thought her a child, but children grow, and children learn.

The sad truth of history has always been that the unreasoning masses follow the powerful, and not the wise.

Never believe anything you hear at a woman's tit.

No one has ever died of restlessness, but rashness is another matter. We've planted seeds, let them grow.

Boys believe nothing can harm them, his doubt whispered. Grown men know better.

Give me the wisdom to know what must be done and the courage to do it.

It seems to me that a queen who trusts no one is as foolish as a queen who trusts everyone.

Lord Rodrik was seldom seen without a book in hand, be it in the privy, on the deck of his Sea Song, or whilst holding audience. Asha had oft seen him reading on his high seat beneath the silver scythes. He would listen to each case as it was laid before him, pronounce his judgment…and read a bit whilst his captain-of-guards went to bring in the next supplicant.

If I pray nicely, will the Father give me a new hand? No. But the Warrior will give you courage, the Smith will lend you strength, and the Crone will give you wisdom. It's a hand I need.

Heed the wisdom of those who love you best.

Sleep is good. Books are better.

Why give a horse to a man who cannot ride?

A king had best know the names of his enemies, don't you think?

If you do shit gold, Father, find a privy and get busy, he wanted to say, but he knew better. --Tyrion Lannister

A man does not need to be a wizard to know truth from falsehood, not if he has eyes. You need only learn to read a face. Look at the eyes. The mouth. The muscles here, at the corners of the jaw, and here, where the neck joins the shoulders.

Um leitor vive mil vidas antes de morrer

My brother has his sword, and I have my mind... ?Tyrion Lannister

A wise man did not pour wildfire on a brazier. Instead he poured a fresh cup of wine.